Improvement in metallic canisters for putting up paints



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT lN METALLIC CANISTERS FOR PUTTING UP PAINTS, dc.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 17,163, dated April 28,1857. i

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. MAsUEY, of the city of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode ofPutting up White Lead, Zinc, and other Paints; and I 'do hereby declarethe following to be a full and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a metallicvessel with a sliding and revolving bail or handle in such a style thatit shall or may be substituted for wooden kegs in the packing for saleor transportation of white lead, zinc, and other paints.

To enable others to make use of my invention, I will proceed to describeits construction, &c. First, however, to a better appreciation of theutility and worth of my invention, I beg leave to state that fromone-fourth to a half million of dollars are annully lost to consumers ofpaints in the United States, owing to the absorption of the oil in whichthe paint is ground Y by the wood composing the kegs in which it ispacked. In many instances the total contents of the keg are spoiledthereby, and, further, by the loss of the kegs, which arethrown away asworthless.

My invention is intended to secure the consumer from loss, rst, bynonabsorption of the oil, and, secondly, by furnishing him with a strongand convenient pot in which to mix `his paint, durable, and actuallyworth to him more than its original cost. Io that end I take heavy tinor light sheet-iron and form the can A in the ordinary cylindricalshape, and iit the top thereof with a removable cover, B, firststrengthening the top by doubling the edge of the tin and folding itinward. This top, in place of being secured with solder, the usual modeof sealing paints in cans, I secure in a manner novel and easilyremoved, a description of which follows hereinafter.

The packing of paints in cans involves, of course, the necessity ofpacking said tins in wooden boxes or barrels to secure safety intransportation and shipment. A bail or handle secured to the can in theordinary way, however desirable it might be, is not feasible, on accountof the eXtra space required for packing the same, and consequentenhancement of freight, Ste. To overcome this difli culty, I haveinvented a bail, C, which, while it secures all the ordinary advantagesof such an attachment, does not occupy any extra space, and whichfurnishes a means simple and certain of securing the cover. In place ofpermanently aflixing the ears through which the bail passes, E, to thecan, I secure them by means of rivets D, which are fixed firmly in themetal, and which allow the ears E to` revolve in any direction. Theobject of this is to'allow the bail, when not in use, to drop down overthe side of the cans. would remain over the top of the can a fixture,and render the can comparatively useless, as you will perceive byholding with your fingers the ears in an upright position. The method ofsecuring the cover to the can is by attaching tothe sides thereof twosmall wire hooks, F, by the use of a small piece of wire or twine passedover the bend in the end of the bail H, and then over the hook F. Thecover of the can is held firmly in its place, and by severing the cordor wire G is easily removed.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The use of metallic cans for putting up paints or other substances, ofany known form, with ears attached thereto, through which a wire bailmay be passed in such a manner as i not to interfere with the packing ofthe cans, and to render it at once a package for transporting the paintand a convenient and useful pot or pail out of `which to use the same,with a removable cover secured to the can, in the manner and for thepurposes herein described and represented.

' JOHN TV. MASURY. Vitnesses:

GEO. A. POTTER,

ROET. I. WADDELL.

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